Job 36:18

but there shall be wrath upon the ungodly, by reason of the ungodliness of the bribes which they received for iniquities.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.

In Context

17there is a deep gulf and a rushing stream beneath it, and thy table came down full of fatness. Judgment shall not fail from the righteous;

19Let not thy mind willingly turn thee aside from the petition of the feeble that are in distress.

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Cross References

Job 33:24he will support him, that he should not perish, and will restore his body as fresh plaster upon a wall; and he will fill his bones with marrow.

Psalms 2:12+ 2:12 Note. - This rendering or a similar one the Jews maintain.Accept correction, lest at any time the Lord be angry, and ye should perish from the righteous way: whensoever his wrath shall be suddenly kindled, blessed are all they that trust in him.

Psalms 49:7Hear, my people, and I will speak to thee, O Israel: and I will testify to thee: I am God, thy God.

Isaiah 14:6Having smitten a nation in wrath, with an incurable plague, smiting a nation with a wrathful plague, which spared them not, he rested in quiet.

Matthew Henry on Job 36:16-24

15 He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression. 16 Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table should be full of fatness. 17 But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on thee. 18 Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee. 19 Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all… Read the whole commentary →

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